A roundup of stories from the Game Developers Conference
Our GamesBeat team is exhausted after five days of covering the biggest show for game developers in San Francisco. Here’s a day-by-day roundup of...
Facebook’s tips for getting your mobile game noticed
Mobile games are so plentiful that discovering the right one has become a nightmare. But Facebook believes that it has a solution in layering...
Pocket Gems grows fast with its “mobile first” game business
Pocket Gems was one of the early “mobile first” game companies that did nothing but make games for mobile devices. The company was founded...
Aeria Games joins the mobile-gaming fray
Aeria Games, one of the players in the free-to-play online game market, is moving into mobile games with the announcement today of its Aeria...
Kabam launches its first hardcore social game on mobile
Kabam is launching its first hardcore game for mobile devices today. The new Kingdoms of Camelot: Battle for the North game will be available...
PlayHaven launches “Zynga in a box” mobile-game monetization platform
PlayHaven, a real-time mobile marketing startup that has enabled a four-fold increase in in-app purchases for its game developer customers, is adding new monetization...
Game investments doubled to $2B in 2011; acquisitions grew 160 percent
No matter how you look at it, the game industry is red hot. The game industry had a record year for investments and acquisitions...
Gameloft to publish games on Intel Atom smartphones
Gameloft, one of the largest mobile game publishers, has agreed to publish games on Intel’s new Atom-based smartphones and tablets. The move is critical...
After Disney, Bungie founder dives into mobile games with Industrial Toys (exclusive interview)
Alex Seropian was in charge of huge video game business at Disney Interactive Studios, with more than 500 employees and $500 million revenues. But...
ZeptoLab cuts deals with toymakers on Cut the Rope characters
ZeptoLab is cashing in on its Cut the Rope smartphone game — which has been downloaded more than 100 million times — by announcing...